Day: February 22, 2025

UK News: January surplus is still highest on record but below the £20bn City economists had forecast

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A rise in self-assessment and capital gains tax receipts gave the UK’s public finances a £15.4bn lift in January.

The smaller than expected surplus is still the highest since records began in 1993 and gives Rachel Reeves a shot in the arm after December’s slump, when the public finances recorded a £17.8bn deficit – £10.1bn more than in the same month a year earlier. Continue reading…
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UK News: Exclusive: ‘Advance commissions’ said to total millions of pounds allegedly pushed customers to certain providers

UK lenders paid “advance commissions” to car dealers that may have encouraged them to push costlier loans on to consumers, legal filings linked to the motor finance scandal reveal.

Court documents seen by the Guardian show that lenders, including Lloyds Banking Group, have paid commission to individual dealerships in lump sums upfront, which campaigners say total millions of pounds. Continue reading…
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Under-30s risk a huge hike in huge car insurance premiums later in life if handed the IN10 endorsement

Young people using private electric scooters on roads and pavements risk facing huge insurance premiums when they want to drive a car, says the comparison website MoneySuperMarket.

It emerged this week that almost 800 children aged 13 to 16 had been issued an IN10 endorsement – the code used by the police for “using a vehicle uninsured against third-party risks” since the start of 2020. It stays on a person’s driving record for four years from the date of the offence. Continue reading…
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